The MacGuffin

Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for April 2nd, 2013. In this episode they discuss Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One, The Bible, Dirk Gently and John Dies at the End.

Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for March 5th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Wreck-It Ralph, The Intouchables, Red Dawn, and Schindler’s List.

The Russians are coming! The Russi… The Chin… The North Koreans are coming!

Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for September 25th, 2012. In this episode they discuss The Avengers, The Dark Knight Returns, This Is Cinerama, and Bond 50.

Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for September 11th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Snow White and the Huntsman, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Ghosts of the Abyss, and Terra Nova.

Movie clusters are a bizarre phenomenon. That two studios would execute similar ideas at the same time speaks to the quirkiness of Hollywood. Usually one film ends up being much stronger than the other, but sometimes both are bad. The latest example of this in action is Snow White and the Huntsman, which is an improvement over Mirror Mirror, but is also not great.

In honor of the release of Snow White and the Huntsman, Spencer and Greg discuss Charlize Theron.

It is one of the most anticipated films of the year. The build-up to it has been almost without precedent. But The Avengers finally opens today, and proves to be an excellent start to what looks to be one of the most prolific summer movie seasons in recent years.

In honor of the release of The Avengers, Spencer and Greg look back on Marvel’s road to its release.

To describe Drew Goddard’s new film The Cabin in the Woods as David Lynch-ian is putting it mildly. The film takes the premise of a simple slasher film and eschews all the conventions in the process, creating something unlike I have ever seen before. Any comparisons to other films would be stretching it.